Japan's huge US Treasury holdings among such cards, Kato says

Kato's remarks contrast with those he made last month, when he ruled out using Japan's US Treasury holdings in trade negotiations. On Friday, Kato declined to comment on whether Tokyo's US bond holdings came up in his bilateral meeting with …

Japan dating app uses government data to verify unmarried status

TOKYO: A popular Japanese dating app has introduced a feature allowing it to verify users' marital status through government records, in a bid to prevent married cheaters pretending to be single. Tapple, which counts more than 20 million users in the …

US cedes little ground on key tariffs in talks with Japan, Nikkei says

TOKYO :U.S. tariff negotiators appeared reluctant to lower levies on cars, steel and aluminium in a recent meeting with Japanese counterparts - a stance that made the Japanese side feel that cooperation could be difficult, the Nikkei newspaper reported on …

Investors sell US shares in past week flock to Japan, Europe, BofA note shows

LONDON : Investors sold U.S. stocks in the week ending Wednesday and bought Japanese and European shares, BofA Global Research said on Friday. U.S. equities saw an $8.9 billion outflow in the week, BofA said in its regular round up of flows in and out of …

Japan says US Treasury holdings could be ‘card’ in trade talks

Japan's Marubeni annual net profit up 7%, beats forecasts

TOKYO : Japanese trading house Marubeni on Friday posted a 7 per cent increase in net profit for the year ended in March at 503 billion yen ($3.5 billion), its second biggest ever and beating forecasts. A LSEG poll of analysts had forecast Marubeni's …

Truck Driver's Body Recovered from Huge Japan Sinkhole after 3 Months

Japanese rescuers have recovered the body of a truck driver who was swallowed by a huge sinkhole near Tokyo three months ago, an official said on Friday. A road in the city of Yashio caved in during morning rush hour in late January while the 74-year-old …

Japan may use US treasury holdings as leverage in tariff talks: Japan’s FM

Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato arrives at the prime minister's office Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, file) Japan’s Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato has hinted that the country’s substantial holdings of US Treasury could …

Japan is close to producing its first Kentucky Derby winner. Is this the year?

Two sons of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah will be in the starting gate for Saturday’s 151st running of the Grade 1, $5 million Kentucky Derby. The path to one of them being set to contest this year’s Run for the Roses has been anything but …

Japan's ambassador to Afghanistan visits WFP nutrition site

KABUL – H.E. Takayoshi Kuromiya, Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Mutinta Chimuka, acting WFP Country Director in Afghanistan, visited a malnutrition clinic in the country’s capital Kabul, where hundreds of pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and …